by Bruce | November 7, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Perhaps I don’t write as much as I should about lateral partners. I mean the economic phenomenon of lateral partner hiring, not gossip that much of the legal press seems to specialize in about specific “gotcha” movements of partners or small groups...
by Bruce | November 5, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
Over the course of the next few days, "Adam Smith, Esq." will be on the virtual move, to a new hosting service. The only reason I mention this–it should be invisible to readers–is in case it’s not. All of your links, etc., should work...
by Bruce | October 30, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Clients coming to me–and they’re coming to me as never before–seeking clarity on what this will all look like “on the other side” are usually, for starters, really asking “How worried should I be?” Sometimes of late, to reduce...
by Bruce | October 26, 2009 | Articles, Business Models, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures
According to the most recent fossil record discoveries, life on Earth dates back about 3,450-million years. But for about the first 85% of that time span, organisms were extremely simple, composed of individual cells, occasionally organized into colonies. Pretty...
by Bruce | October 21, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
I’ve written before about the extraordinary premium put on leadership in this once-in-a-career period we’re passing through, but because of its importance it’s none too soon to recur to it. What can be said that hasn’t already been said? Bill...
by Bruce | October 17, 2009 | Articles, Book Reviews, Leadership, Strategy
Jim Collins, author of the perennial business best-sellers Good to Great and Built to Last is back, and in this outing he presents what sounds like the most timely How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. I must note that I count myself a big fan of...
